The American School Health Association provides professional development opportunities for all those associated with school health programs.
ASHA offers a variety of professional development options - conferences and self-study - to ensure accessibility.
All continuing education opportunities are free for ASHA members.
The American School Health Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP), Agency Provider #A22.
The American School Health Association is a designated provider of Continuing Education Contact Hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (#OH0005). ASHA reports Continuing Education Contact Hours on a quarterly basis to NCHEC: 1st quarter (April 15); 2nd quarter (July 15); 3rd quarter (October 15); and 4th quarter (January 15).
Most ASHA Annual School Health Conferences offer Continuing Medical Education (CME),
Mental Health Contact Hours (NBCC and NASW) and a Continuing Education Certificate of Participation.
How to Obtain Continuing Education Contact Hours
All ASHA Self-Study Offerings are available for purchase from the ASHA Publications and Professional Development Materials page of the ASHA web site. To assist you in purchasing the materials, you can: 1) click on the title you wish to purchase on this page, or 2) type in - Self-Study - in the Search mechanism of this web site and it will provide a complete list of all ASHA Self-Study Offerings.
ASHA members receive contact hours for free.
Note to ASHA members: If you have not already done so, you should Login
with your Username and Password and access the Continuing Education page
in the Members Only section.
Once you have completed the exam, mail or fax your completed answer sheet
to: ASHA, PO Box 708, Kent, OH 44240; 330/678-4526 (fax).
Your Continuing Education (CE) Certificate will be e-mailed within 4-6 weeks of receipt of your answer sheet and if applicable, your examination fee. If you do not receive the certificate within this time frame, please contact Mary Bamer Ramsier at mbramsier@ashaweb.org or
1-800/445-2742.
Self-Study Offerings - Online
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Disease Preparedness in Schools Series
School Planning for Disease Outbreaks
Module I - Overview
Online Training Course
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Certificate of Completion
Learner Objectives
Event # - 00166
Disease Preparedness in Schools Series
School Planning for Disease Outbreaks
Module II – Administrator Responsibilities
Online Training Course - FREE!
Certificate of Completion available
Disease Preparedness in Schools Series
School Planning for Disease Outbreaks
Module III - A Guide for School Nurses
Online Training Course
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Certificate of Completion
Learner Objectives
Event # - 00168
Adolescents: They're Worth A Shot!
A Companion Guide to Give It A Shot! Toolkit
for School Nurses and Other Immunization Champions
Online Training Course
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Certificate of Completion
Learner Objectives
Event # - 00172
Self-Study Offerings - Journal of School Health
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Active Parent Consent for Health Surveys
with Urban Middle School Students: Processes and Outcomes
February 2010 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01051
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Individual, Family, and Community Environmental Correlates
of Obesity in Latino Elementary School Children
January 2010 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01050
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
2009
Inventory Versus Checklist Approach to Assess Middle School a la carte Food Availability
December 2009 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01049
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
The Impact of School Socioeconomic Status on Student Lunch Consumption
After Implementation of the Texas School Nutrition Policy
November 2009 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01048
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Improving the School Environment to Reduce School Violence: A Review of the Literature
October 2009 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01047
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Condom Provision and Education in Minnesota Public Schools: A Telephone Survey of Parents
September 2009 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01046
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Influence of Funding Cuts on Texas School Tobacco Programs
August 2009 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01045
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Implementation of a Walking School Bus: Lessons Learned
July 2009 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01044
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
School Psychologists' Perceived Competence and Training Needs for Student Substance Abuse
June 2009 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01043
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Implementation of a School- Based State Policy to Increase Physical Activity
May 2009 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01042
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Relation of School Environment and Policy to Adolescent Physical Activity
April 2009 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01041
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
A Retrospective Examination of the Relationship Between
Implementation Quality of the Coordinated School Health Program Model
and School-Level Academic Indicators Over Time
March 2009 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01040
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Alcohol Use Among Rural Middle School Students:
Adolescents, Parents, Teachers, and Community Leaders' Perceptions
February 2009 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01039
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
The Relationship Between School Policies and Youth Tobacco Use
January 2009 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01038
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
2008
A Statewide Movement to Promote the Adoption of Tobacco-Free School Policies
December 2008 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01037
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Perceived Barriers and Benefits to Research Participation Among School Administrators
November 2008 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01036
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Schools and Neighborhoods: Organizational and Environmental Factors
Associated with Crime in Secondary Schools
October 2008 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01035
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
The Evaluation of School- Based Violence Prevention Programs:
A Meta-Analysis
September 2008 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01034
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Weight Management and Fruit and Vegetable Intake
Among US High School Students
August 2008 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01033
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Concurrent Psychosocial Predictors of Sun Safety
Among Middle School Youth
July 2008 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01032
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Factors Influencing Openness to Future Smoking
Among Nonsmoking Adolescents
June 2008 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01031
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Relationship Between Physical Disabilities of Long-Term Health Problems and
Health Risk Conditions Among US High School Students
May 2008 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01030
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Diet Quality and Academic Achievement
April 2008 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01029
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Passive Versus Active Parental Permission: Implications for the Ability
of School-Based Depression Screening to Reach You At Risk
March 2008 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01028
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Dietary and Physical Activity Behaviors of Middle School Youth:
The Youth Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey
January 2008 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01027
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
2007
Body Mass Index Measurement in Schools
December 2007 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01026
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Elementary School Parents'/Guardians' Perceptions
of School Health Service Personnel and the Services They Provide
November 2007 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01025
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Methods: School Health Policies and Programs Study 2006
October 2007 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01024
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Overview and Summary: School Health Policies and Programs Study 2006
October 2007 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01023
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Sexual Attitudes and Risk- Taking Behaviors of High School Students in Turkey
September 2007 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01022
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Rates of Student-Reported Antisocial Behavior, School Suspensions,
and Arrests in Victoria, Australia, and Washington State, United States
August 2007 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01021
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Chronic Pain in the Classroom:
Teachers' Attributions About the Causes of Chronic Pain
May 2007 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01020
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Association of the Presence of State and District Health Education Policies
with School Tobacco Prevention Program Practices
April 2007 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01019
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
School, Parent, and Student Perspectives of School Drug Policies
March 2007 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01018
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Children At Risk: The Association Between Perceived Weight Status and Suicidal Thoughts and Attempts in Middle School Youth
February 2007 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01017
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Early Adolescents' Perceptions of Health and Health Literacy
January 2007 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01016
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
2006
Students' Perceptions of the Impact of Nutrition Policies on Dietary Behaviors
December 2006 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01015
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Assessing the Use of School Public Address (PA) Systems to Deliver Nutrition Messages to Children: Shape Up Somerville - Audio Adventures
November 2006 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01014
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
The Joint Influence of Parental Modeling and Positive Parental Concern on Cigarette Smoking in Middle and High School Students
October 2006 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01013
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
School Connectedness in the Health Behavior in School-Aged Children Study: The Role of Student, School, and School Neighborhood Characteristics
September 2006 - Journal of School Health
Event # - 01012
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
Asthma in Middle Schools:
What Students Have to Say About Their Asthma
August 2006 - Journal of School Health - a special issue on Managing Asthma in Schools
Event # - 01011
.5 CECH Category I CHES, OH0005 available
.5 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour available
Community Collaboration: Concurrent Physician and School Nurse Education and Cooperation Increases the Use of Asthma Action Plans
August 2006 - Journal of School Health - a special issue on Managing Asthma in Schools
Event # - 01010
.5 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour available
Asthma 411 - Addition of a Consulting Physician to Enhance School Health
August 2006 - Journal of School Health - a special issue on Managing Asthma in Schools
Event # - 01009
.5 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour available
What Is Asthma Control?
Discrepancies Between Parents' Perceptions and Official Definitions
August 2006 - Journal of School Health - a special issue on Managing Asthma in Schools
Event # - 01008
.5 CECH Category I CHES, OH0005 available
.5 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour available
Using School Staff to Establish a Preventive Network of Care
to Improve Elementary School Students' Control of Asthma
August 2006 - Journal of School Health - a special issue on Managing Asthma in Schools
Event # - 01007
.5 CECH Category I CHES, OH0005 available
.5 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour available
Evaluation and Sustainability of the Healthy Learners Asthma Initiative
August 2006 - Journal of School Health - a special issue on Managing Asthma in Schools
Event # - 01006
.5 CECH Category I CHES, OH0005 available
.5 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour available
Garnering Administrative Support for School-Based Asthma Education Programs
August 2006 - Journal of School Health - a special issue on Managing Asthma in Schools
Event # - 01005
.5 CECH Category I CHES, OH0005 available
.5 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour available
Creating Asthma-Friendly Schools: A Public Health Approach
August 2006 - Journal of School Health - a special issue on Managing Asthma in Schools
Event # - 01004
.5 CECH Category I CHES, OH0005 available
.5 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour available
Statewide Asthma Training for Minnesota School Personnel
August 2006 - Journal of School Health - a special issue on Managing Asthma in Schools
Event # - 01003
.5 CECH Category I CHES, OH0005 available
.5 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour available
Developing an Asthma Tool for Schools:
The Formative Evaluation of the Michigan Asthma School Packet
August 2006 - Journal of School Health - a special issue on Managing Asthma in Schools
Event # - 01002
.5 CECH Category I CHES, OH0005 available
.5 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour available
Asthma Agents: Monitoring Asthma in School
August 2006 - Journal of School Health - a special issue on Managing Asthma in Schools
Event # - 01001
.5 CECH Category I CHES, OH0005 available
.5 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour available
Access and download the articles in the August 2006 issue of the Journal of School Health, a special issue on Managing Asthma in Schools.
Self-Study Offerings - ASHA Publications
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Give It A Shot: A Toolkit
ASHA Publication
Event # - 000165
3.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
3.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hours
Bullying Prevention in the School Community
May/June 2005 - Health In Action
Event # - 000164
2.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
2.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hours
Sun-Safe Practices at School
March/April 2005 - Health In Action
Event # - 000163
2.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
2.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hours
Infectious Diseases and Schools
November/December 2004 - Health In Action
Event # - 000162
2.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
2.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hours
Vision in the School Community
August/September 2004 - Health In Action
Event # - 000161
2.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
2.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hours
Coordinated School Health: Making the Vision the Mission
DVD of Pat Cooper Keynote Address
79th Annual ASHA School Health Conference (2005)
Event # - 01079
1.0 CECH Category 1 CHES, OH0005
1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hours
Self-Study Offerings - Other
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National Association of School Nurse's Adolescent Vaccine Modules
The program - available from the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) - includes an overview of influenza and articles on the role of school nurses and public health departments in school-located influenza immunization.
Free to NASN Members (ASHA members must pay the NASN Non-Member Cost)
$45.00 for Non-Members
3.0 CNE Contact Hours